Best Public Schools in Zip Code 28637

Summary:

The 28637 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Hildebran Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with 295 students. Hildebran Elementary is part of the Burke County Schools district, which is ranked 121 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hildebran Elementary's academic performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 425 out of 1,502 North Carolina elementary schools in 2022-2023 (4-star rating) to 687 out of 1,490 in 2024-2025 (3-star rating). The school's proficiency rates in mathematics have been above the district and state averages for grades 3-5, but its reading proficiency rates have been below the district and state averages for the same grades. Additionally, Hildebran Elementary's 5th-grade science proficiency rates have been above the district and state averages in both 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.

Hildebran Elementary serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 98.98% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $10,444, which is lower than the national average of around $12,612 per student. This suggests that the school may be underfunded compared to other schools in the state or nation, which could impact its ability to provide a high-quality education to its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hildebran Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	703 US Hwy 70 West	Hildebran	28637	Burke County	Burke County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 397-3181	297	16	18.5	96.0%	225 (75.8%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.7%)	28 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.4%)	53.2	687^th of 1490 public elementary schools	53.9%		59.9	582^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	61.3%	105	63.6	64.3	66.7	36.4	57.1	45.8	66.7	$10,444	$1,872	$8,572

Cities Near Zip Code 28637

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hildebran	0.25 mi	1	216^th
Hickory	2.22 mi	17	200^th
Connelly Springs	2.31 mi	4	145^th
Granite Falls	5.65 mi	6	184^th
Hudson	7.26 mi	5	132^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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